This is it!!

It is clear to me that there is a plan for our little family. We seem to be right on track with the little kids and the adoption process...Shea on the other hand has been with us just since March. It has only been 4 months that she has been here and we got a call today that she has been transferred to adoptions. The little kids worker...Deborah will also be doing Shea's process. We don't usually ask for much - but we have since the beginning of this miracle - wanted to be able to adopt all 5 and take all the kids to the temple at the same time without having to wait for months for Shea's paperwork to be done. These are little things that we are being blessed with in this - less than 2 year - fiesta. We really have loved every minute of it. Last month for testimony meeting our former stake president bore his testimony and talked about the plan of salvation and that we were organized into family units before we came to earth....now I have heard that I have felt that and even taught that as a missionary. But as he said that and as we were sitting there in Sacrament meeting that day...it was real for me. It was the truth and I knew it. In some cases it doesn't seem to matter how we get to earth it is what we do while we are here - are we listening to the spirit when we are prompted to act, are we where we are supposed to be - doing what we are supposed to be doing?? There has been more than one occasion that I have been stubborn and James has been our leader and lead me (or dragged) to where we've needed to be. Some times I am so nearsighted I wonder how we've survived. It has been a blessing for me to see that some of the decisions that have been made for our family have placed us right here where were are right now. This is it...this is what we've been living for, praying for, and the best part is that it is not even the end of it.

We love Shea and we are so blessed to have her here. She has a sweet spirit that is ready to learn. We are having a great time learning together. Shea is anxious to get baptized. We will start the missionary lessons soon. She is already excited to turn 12 so she can go to YW and girls camp. She always wants to go with James mutual. With all the great summertime youth activities this year who could blame her??